Oh. My. LORT!!! What is there to say....um, how can I write this and be nice? I don't know. Ok, here goes....

I just knocked out Unnatural, movie #2 on the 8 Films to Die For horror list that was released November 2015. This movie takes place wayyyy up in the remote parts of Alaska where apparently a scientifically altered hybrid polar bear/wolf thing goes on a killing spree....

I'm going step out of my comfort zone and admit something to you all. I like Kim Zolciak. She's a hustler and proud of it. I also think she has a pretty fantastic life and I had the pleasure of running into her at my nail salon, which turned out to be her salon and even though I could tell she was less than thrilled, she took a pic with me.

Having said that, when I saw this photo on her Instagram I literally jumped in horror....

This write up is from Danielle, a friend of mine who moved here from LA and is in the entertainment business. She is an actress and also works for a prominent talent agency here in Atlanta. I'm super excited to have her write for us and I hope we get more inside Hollywood/entertainment info in the future.

The first time I heard someone call Atlanta the “New LA” I was at a wedding in Georgia with my Georgia-native boyfriend getting introduced to all of his Georgia-native friends as the “LA girlfriend”. When I told a local videographer that I’m an actress his immediate response was, “Why aren’t you in Atlanta?”

There’s a new phenomena sweeping the nation Internets, and it is hot dudes. Specifically, Hot Dudes Reading. Not just reading any old thing. We’re not talking about your boyfriend looking at his dumb phone for sports updates (is there some kind of ball game happening this weekend? I’ve heard rumors), this Instagram page is only for photos of attractive men reading of actual print books. I mean, who reads print books anymore? Um, hot dudes, apparently!

This Instagram account was first introduced to me by fellow librarians, who use it for *ahem* research, *cough cough.* We’ve been trying to up our social media game, and legit whomever writes for Hot Dudes is actually pretty damn entertaining. It doesn’t hurt that the subject matters are living works of art....

I am Day 1 into After Dark Films: 8 Movies to Die For. These eight horror movies come out once a year and they are the best of that years independent harvest. Tonight's feature was zombie flick Re-Kill.

The best way to describe this movie is take one part Starship Troopers, one part Resident Evil and shake it up in a reality series program like Cops. Whatchu gonna do when they come for you?

How many of you guys paying any attention to the standoff in Oregon? Personally, I've been following along with a group of my closest 15,000+ friends in a closed Facebook Group called Snacks for YallQaeda.

I don't even know how I stumbled on this group, but after I did, I realized I was home. 15,000+ of the snarkiest and sarcastic liberal/hippies I've seen.

In this group, we've all stayed up on the events going on in Oregon and many of our members live in/near the area and are angry at the destruction of the sanctuary and desecration of the native american artifacts.

I'd call these militia guys/girls terrorists, but honestly, they're too stupid for me to classify them as such. They've created their own narrative of what the constitution means and have decided to arm themselves to fight or die on behalf of their delusions and conspiracies.

Oh...and they couldn't even prepare with snacks and vanilla creamer.

This article wasn't written about them, though I needed the backstory to explain how I ended up with this:

You're welcome, ladies.

There was, for once, a serious post on Snacks a few weeks ago saying the FBI have finally grown tired of this nonsense and have arrived in Oregon. They came to eat snacks and kick ass.....and they're all out of snacks.

Photo editing courtesy of a fellow Snacktivist

The poster included the above photo in his post and me along with hundreds of ladies all swooned and immediately wished we'd taken over a bird sanctuary. Holy Hotness, Batman!! The group went wild, a new group was started in honor of who we dubbed "Agent McSteamy" and then more and more photos popped up of the FBI teams.

Where the hell did they get these guys?? How hard is it for a 40'ish year old woman to join the FBI? Why is McSteamy in plain clothes and the others all dressed in tactical gear?

So color me shocked that FBI agents are hot. Really, really hot. They are good looking and then factor in all that toughness and training to protect and *SWOON*.

I say we demand our rights and tell them if they don't do an FBI calendar we will take over the Grand Canyon or some other government owned land. I mean, it's in the constitution!We have the right to see hot FBI agents bare arms.....and legs....you get the idea.

Who's with me??

Also, big shoutout to the FBI for handling this to the best of their abilities and getting the main morons with only one casualty. Let's hope for the sake of their families, the rest are detained in the same fashion.

Fry Guy doesn't seem like he's going to be able to tough it out much longer. Boxes of dildos and 50 gallons of lube probably don't tame the hunger pains.

Happy Hump Day! I hope your week is going better than mine – I had a stomach virus Monday and Tuesday, and things are slow-going today. My only regret is that the bug didn’t last longer since I have my final DietBet weigh-in Sunday (fingers crossed).

I’ve read several books in the past month, but I just couldn’t bring myself to write a review. As I stated in my last Sunday Shit post, I want to focus on new(ish) releases, so I wiped off the dust on my Kindle and got busy.

This weekend I finished two books – The Past by Tessa Hadley, and The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner. One was a worthwhile purchase, while the other just pissed me off.

The Past(released Sept. 2015, 362 pages, 3.4 stars on Goodreads) is about three sisters and a brother who spend three weeks at their grandparents home, an annual family holiday tradition. The only difference about this holiday is it may be their last. The family home is crumbling down around them, and the siblings are faced with the hard decision to sell.

The book opens in the present. Harriet (the eldest, activist turned mouse), Roland (the second eldest, father of teenage Molly, and husband of a new, third wife), Alice (the drama queen) and Fran (parent of young children Ivy and Arthur, married to Josh, a musician) are forced together out of family tradition, and you sense the tension between siblings immediately.

Hadley has a keen ability to develop characters in a short amount of time, drawing in the reader with each page turn. I felt invested in the dysfunctional family (much like my own) – so I read the damn thing in three hours.

Teenage sex, lesbian longing, loudmouth sisters, spoiled brats and a dead dog are just a few situations Hadley wove into the present. One key thing missing was a glimpse of the adult siblings’ parents.

Enter the past. Jill carries her three children to her childhood home. Mother Sophy is an understanding woman who offers nothing but support and poet/vicar father Grantham Fellowes is proud, but loving father. Jill, who previously escaped the small town of Kington with her left-wing journalist husband, has found out about an affair, and flees without a word. She seeks out a job and a place to live – and maybe a man or two.

Back to the present. The family tension erupts in several difference circumstances – and it was easy to feel the embarrassment and rage the characters displayed. There’s a shocker at the end (one I already guessed, but damn, it’s pretty good), and then…the story ends. You can only imagine what happens to each character (something I rather like). It reminded me a tad of Elizabeth Stroud’s Olive Kitteridge.

The book title is a tad misleading – it only slightly focuses on the longing of childhood memories. I believe the title is rooted in the huge transformation we’ve made from the 1960s until now.

Bottom line. A good read. But not for those who like an ending packaged and tied with a big, red bow.

I’m not going to spend as much time on The Good Neighbor, because it’s bullshit. I know, I sound like a bitch, and I can’t comprehend how hard it is to write a book, so I applaud the effort. But I’m trying to help YOU out, not the author.

The Good Neighbor(Sept. 2015, 206 pages, 3.29 rating on Goodreads) by A.J. Banner is set in the beautiful pacific northwest. That’s about as good as it gets. I spent 1 hour hate-reading the book, cursing myself the entire time.

Marketed as a “psychological thriller,” there is NOTHING thrilling about this book. It was poorly written, had a totally predictable plot and barely a hint of character development. Everyone is beautiful and talented, then a house burns down, which prompts the main character (Sarah Phoenix – get it???? Lord have mercy) to question why. Everyone including her husband is a suspect. Then, after a lot of unnecessary dialogue and little action, it finally ends. The only question you are left with is “Why the fuck did I just read this?”

Oh, maybe it had something to do with the 4-star rating on Amazon. I don’t know how the hell that happened, but I refuse to rely on the site’s reviews any longer.

*SPOILER ALERT*You guys, what a great time to be alive! We are existing in the year 2016 and the X-Files is playing on our TVs. Who all caught the premier last night? I'm ashamed to say that I accidentally did! I forgot all about it and football ended and boom, there it was. It came on and I dropped everything and lost my shit.

I don't know about you, but I was feeling 22! Fo' Realzzzz.

So X-Files picked up as of today. Mulder is some wreck-loose who doesn't shave and wears a lot of army green jackets and t-shirts. I mean, I would have loved to see him go another way all these years. It would have been comical to see him join The Lone Gunmen and be a basement computer geek.

Well, well, well. We’ve made it to another Sunday. These past two weeks were pretty painless, unless you count my huge left knee gash (a heated pool incident may have occurred in New Orleans – but I assure you that I was on my best behavior), a raging urinary tract infection and my calves are clearly revolting after the hour-long step class I finally got my ass to Wednesday.

Other than that, all butterflies, ice cream sundaes and heavenly-scented soy candles, people....

Just got finished watching this and wanted to write the review straight away. I hadn't heard much buzz about this movie, but I've been anxious to watch it. The concept was pretty original and I love horror that isn't the same 'ol plot and scenery.

A small Old West town in the desert comes under a mysterious attack one night after a deputy, drifter and a beautiful woman doctor, who was treating the drifter, go missing from a jail....

Happy 2016! I hope everyone's year is starting out well! We here at Rebel Yell have been insanely busy and personally, I can barely tell which way is up right now.

Home remodel is winding down and now we just have a few more additions to the kitchen before I do my post. I had all my pictures taken and ready to do my last "Flooded With Ideas" kitchen post and Mr. FEE was adamant that I wait until its completely finished before I post. Oy....

I have a serious bug up my butt today and I’m just going to pretend it’s about the fact that 2016 is exactly like 2015 except for the annoying people who think some kind of magical fairy dust dropped on us along with the ball at midnight and changed everything. News flash: nothing has changed except that your expectations of change are super, duper annoying. Here are five annoying things everyone wishes we could stop with, effective immediately:....

Happy New Year, bishes! I hope you started 2016 off right. I sure as hell did. I still can’t walk from dancing in heels on NYE, I gained about eight pounds in two months and my kidneys have decided to check out for a couple of months. I guess it’s time to detox....

Your entire extended family is coming over for Christmas. Your beautiful house is decorated, food expertly prepared via Pinterest recipes, the perfect stage is set.

Then, reality. It turns out, your family did not in fact put the “fun” in dysfunctional. In fact, all this “togetherness” is a downright nightmare. To make matters worse, a freak snow storm hits and you are left without electricity or the ability to get on the road to somewhere, anywhere, else.

Before I get into this episode, I need to share a thought or two.Having just watched VPR, VPR After Show and Watch What Happens Live, Ihad an epiphany regarding Kristen and Jax. Last year, I was ready forboth of them to be gone. They were rude, obnoxious and neitherdisplayed many (if any) redeeming qualities. Now all of a sudden BabyJames comes to town, and comparatively, I’d rather invite Kristen andJax to Christmas dinner than ever watch James again. And, I’m still noLisa V fan, but again, James is making the rest of the cast seemalmost saintly by being such a demon so when Lisa chewed him out andthreatened his job, I decided I’d try to like her a little bit (butonly on VPR)! Secondly, did anyone else catch WWHL or the VPR AfterShow? My goodness, James’ arrogance makes both Stassi and Jax seembashful and humble. And whoever handles the “bleeps” on WWHL deservesan Emmy for this episode. James’ cursed sooooo much that a LOT of theshow was bleeped out. Pathetic. There, I had to get that off mychest!!

I’m gonna start episode 7 with Baby James because he was in almostevery scene and he made even more of an ass of himself than usual. Healso appeared on the After Show and WWHL and came off sounding like ahormonal 13-year-old boy trying to impress the cute babysitter. Gross!He met with his “mummy”, a formal model who has just separated fromhis dad. He explained to her that Kristen has broken his heart andhe’s drinking too much because of it. He mentioned that he is drinkingso he doesn’t have to feel his emotions. Joking aside, that’s a surebet he needs some help. When you’re hiding behind something and notjust having fun, it’s time to get some help. She basically told him togo out, have some fun and meet new people. He mentioned that no onehad ever hurt him like Kristen Doute, but he failed to tell mummy thathe was a cheat too!! After a crying jag, James expressed his inabilityto adapt to his parents’ divorce. I get that part, but it stilldoesn’t excuse his behavior right?

James next went to Kristen’s apartment to gather his belongings and hewas so unbelievably rude. His statements reminded me of things I saidto my high school boyfriend when I was angry. He told Kristen hethought he’d miss her, but doesn’t. He made sure she knows he wants tosee LaLa. Kristen was much calmer and tried to point out to him thathe’s making a fool of himself and risking his job and friends. Insteadof listening, he basically told her she’s an ugly slut and will nevermarry. As he exited the apartment, he spat on the door. Grow up dude!!

At Sur, James realized that Jax and Kristen went to boxing classtogether and it completely unnerved him. Jax in no way insinuated heand Kristen are an item, but James couldn’t let it go. Eventually, hisobvious jealousy toward Jax led him to really blow a gasket and startyelling at Jax DURING a party Lisa is throwing for underprivilegedkids. (Way to set an example James). Lisa had enough and threatened tosend him home and made it clear if he ever does it again, it will bethe LAST thing he does. Go Lisa!

Other than the above, Lisa’s party for the kids was a hit. They weretreated to whatever they wanted on the menu and some drinks (Hopefullynon-alcoholic) were created just for them. The entire staff worked sohard to make them all feel welcome. It was lovely to see. Kudos Kenand Lisa.Katie didn’t have much going on other than being present as the Tomsdiscussed their business presentation for Lisa and Pandora. The bestthey could come up with was to wing it. That turned out not to be sucha great idea because they will now basically be unpaid interns handingout Lisa’s sangria. I don’t think that’s where they meant to land.

Early in the episode, Jax makes it sound as if he remains unattachedtil Brittany actually moves to L.A., but I think he really likesBrittany because by the end of the episode, they appear to be a realitem.

Peter decided to throw himself a birthday guys night in Vegas.Unfortunately for him, it comes the day after Arianna’s birthday. Shewas so not impressed with it being a “men only” event. Two of my threefavorite lines of the night were delivered by Arianna: Describing thatshe’s about to turn 30, “I’m five times cooler than the average sixyear old. And in response to Peter’s Vegas boys’ night: “I really hateheteronormative fucking behavior” (which I think means “Why can’t thegirls go?”. LOL

Lastly, my third favorite line of the night came from Scheana. It wasalmost the only time we saw her and unlike typical VPR comments,Scheana was feeling reflective when she mentioned that the visitingyouth made her realize, that even though she and Shay are struggling,“there’s such bigger problems in the world”. Go Scheana! I love thatgirl!! Her only other contribution to the evening also came from theheart, but may just lead to trouble. She told Katie she mightreconsider her stance on LaLa now that LaLa has stood up to James.While I applaud Scheana’s thought process, if her past choices ofletting folks in her heart time after time, only to be hurt, I’dadvise her to run in the opposite of LaLa’s direction. Although, Iseriously doubt LaLa is here to stay. She really hasn’t contributedmuch, right?